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		Mikhail_Edoshin 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' (2015) The outlined reasons are cartoonishly communist, but "The Last Ringbearer"'s worldview is not communist. It is more like "the West are liars". And yes, this does resonate in Russia.

mamonster 18 days ago [–]

Russia also has a fascination with "cryptohistory" as a legitimate form of fantasy, to a degree I've not seen in other countries.

Comrade Führer and other books as genre only exist in Russia I think.

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